They slip away each time. Two large alligator gars, nonnative carnivorous fish, have evaded capture in the vast moat of Nagoya Castle ever since the first one was found lurking there seven years ago. ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce plans for a panel to discuss Emperor Akihito’s abdication when he delivers a policy speech for the extraordinary Diet session to be convened on Sept. 26, a government ...

Devastating floods in North Korea have unleashed a humanitarian crisis that may worsen sharply in the next few weeks, the United Nations World Food Programme said Friday. It said the flooding not only destroyed ...

As graying takes hold in Japan, the changes it brings go far deeper than the impact on social welfare and the labor force. Gym membership among pensioners is surging, for example, even as 20-somethings ...

They slip away each time. Two large alligator gars, nonnative carnivorous fish, have evaded capture in the vast moat of Nagoya Castle ever since the first one was found lurking there seven years ago. ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce plans for a panel to discuss Emperor Akihito’s abdication when he delivers a policy speech for the extraordinary Diet session to be convened on Sept. 26, a government ...

Mass murder suspect Satoshi Uematsu was insufficiently treated for mental health issues about five months before he allegedly went on a stabbing rampage at a care home in July, a health ministry report has found. A team, led by Seijo University professor Teruyuki Yamamoto, ...

North Korea will have enough material for about 20 nuclear bombs by the end of this year, with ramped-up uranium enrichment facilities and an existing stockpile of plutonium, according to new assessments by weapons experts. The North has evaded a decade of U.N. sanctions ...

The Tokyo Game Show kicked off Thursday, with virtual reality products grabbing the lion’s share of attention at one of the central fixtures in the global gaming calendar. At Chiba’s massive Makuhari Messe venue on Thursday, industry insiders and journalists lined up to try ...